hammer throw
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Rudy Winkler set an American record in the hammer throw with a hurl of 272 feet, 10 inches.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2025
As an athlete, Dickenson achieved a 14th-place finish in the hammer throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, before competing four years later in Moscow.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024
In the first 10 world championships to feature women’s hammer throw — from 1999 to 2017 — an American had never medaled.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023
Other titles being decided Sunday were in women’s long jump, the men’s 10,000 meters, the heptathlon and men’s hammer throw.
From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2023
We couldn't see how we were to lose first in anything except the quarter, the high hurdles, the hammer throw and the broad jump.
From The New Boy at Hilltop by Barbour, Ralph Henry
